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Fosnacht KG, Pluth MD. Activity-Based Fluorescent Probes for Hydrogen Sulfide and Related Reactive Sulfur Species. Chem Rev 2024; 124:4124-4257. [PMID: 38512066 PMCID: PMC11141071 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
Abstract
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is not only a well-established toxic gas but also an important small molecule bioregulator in all kingdoms of life. In contemporary biology, H2S is often classified as a "gasotransmitter," meaning that it is an endogenously produced membrane permeable gas that carries out essential cellular processes. Fluorescent probes for H2S and related reactive sulfur species (RSS) detection provide an important cornerstone for investigating the multifaceted roles of these important small molecules in complex biological systems. A now common approach to develop such tools is to develop "activity-based probes" that couple a specific H2S-mediated chemical reaction to a fluorescent output. This Review covers the different types of such probes and also highlights the chemical mechanisms by which each probe type is activated by specific RSS. Common examples include reduction of oxidized nitrogen motifs, disulfide exchange, electrophilic reactions, metal precipitation, and metal coordination. In addition, we also outline complementary activity-based probes for imaging reductant-labile and sulfane sulfur species, including persulfides and polysulfides. For probes highlighted in this Review, we focus on small molecule systems with demonstrated compatibility in cellular systems or related applications. Building from breadth of reported activity-based strategies and application, we also highlight key unmet challenges and future opportunities for advancing activity-based probes for H2S and related RSS.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kaylin G. Fosnacht
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, and Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403-1253, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, and Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403-1253, United States
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Su M, Ji X, Liu F, Li Z, Yan D. Chemical Strategies Toward Prodrugs and Fluorescent Probes for Gasotransmitters. Mini Rev Med Chem 2024; 24:300-329. [PMID: 37102481 DOI: 10.2174/1389557523666230427152234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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Three gaseous molecules are widely accepted as important gasotransmitters in mammalian cells, namely NO, CO and H2S. Due to the pharmacological effects observed in preclinical studies, these three gasotransmitters represent promising drug candidates for clinical translation. Fluorescent probes of the gasotransmitters are also in high demand; however, the mechanisms of actions or the roles played by gasotransmitters under both physiological and pathological conditions remain to be answered. In order to bring these challenges to the attention of both chemists and biologists working in this field, we herein summarize the chemical strategies used for the design of both probes and prodrugs of these three gasotransmitters.
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- Ma Su
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Suzhou University, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, Suzhou University, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, Suzhou University, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Suzhou University, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Suzhou University, China
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Kong L, Lu W, Cao X, Wei Y, Sun J, Wang Y. The design strategies and biological applications of probes for the gaseous signaling molecule hydrogen sulfide. J Mater Chem B 2022; 10:7924-7954. [PMID: 36107014 DOI: 10.1039/d2tb01210c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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H2S, the smallest and simplest biological thiol in living systems, is the third member of the family of signaling mediators. H2S participates in the regulation of a series of complex physiological and pathological functions in the body, making it a critical fulcrum that balances health and disease in human physiology. Small-molecule fluorescent probes have been proven to possess the unique advantages of high temporal and spatial resolution, good biocompatibility and high sensitivity, and thus their use is a powerful approach for monitoring the level and dynamics of H2S in living cells and organisms and better understanding its basic cellular functions. The field of small-molecule fluorescent probes for monitoring the complex biological activities of H2S in vivo has been thriving in recent years. Herein, we systematically summarize the latest developments in the field of fluorescent probes for the detection of H2S, illustrate their biological applications according to the classification of target-responsive sites, and emphasize the development direction and challenges of H2S-responsive fluorescent probes, hoping to give implications of researchers on fluorescent probes for future research.
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- Lingxiu Kong
- Institute of Materia Medica, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China.
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- Institute of Materia Medica, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China.
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- Jinan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China
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- Institute of Materia Medica, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China.
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- Institute of Materia Medica, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China.
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- Institute of Materia Medica, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China.
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Zhu H, Sheng W, Liu C, Zhang H, Liang C, Zhang X, Wang K, Li X, Yu Y, Fan D, Zhu B. Rational design of a fluorescent probe and its applications of imaging and distinguishing between exogenous and endogenous H 2S in living cells. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 266:120407. [PMID: 34600323 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a recognized environmental pollutant, comes from a wide range of sources. For example, H2S will be produced in the process of plant protein corruption, the decomposition of domestic sewage and garbage, food processing (wine brewing), etc. and once the concentration is too high, it will cause significant damage of environment and human body. Besides H2S is an important gas signal molecule in vivo, which can be transferred through lipid membrane. Its existence level is closely related to many diseases. If we can "visually" trace the transmembrane transmission of hydrogen sulfide, it will be very helpful for the study of oxidative stress processes, cell protection, signal transduction and related diseases closely related to H2S. Although some probes can detect H2S in environment, cytoplasm and organelles, there are few reports on the release and internalization of H2S. In this work, we report a H2S fluorescence probe that can retain on the cell membrane, named PCM. The probe PCM can not only detect endogenous and exogenous H2S, but also distinguish them, this provides a general strategy for the construction of probes to detect other biomarkers. In addition, PCM has been successfully applied to the detection of endogenous and exogenous H2S in zebrafish, which has the potential to become a new chemical tool and provide help for the research of H2S-related diseases.
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- Hanchuang Zhu
- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Biology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250103, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China.
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China.
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Guo MY, Wang W, Ainiwaer D, Yang YS, Wang BZ, Yang J, Zhu HL. A fluorescent Rhodol-derived probe for rapid and selective detection of hydrogen sulfide and its application. Talanta 2022; 237:122960. [PMID: 34736685 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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H2S has been reported to play essential roles in a variety of physiological and pathological procedures. In this work, a novel fluorescent probe, Rho-HS, for detecting H2S was developed by introducing the ortho-halogen to activate the least reactive recognition group 2,4-dinitrophenyl moiety. In combination of the structures from both Rhodamine B and fluorescein, Rho-HS could generate both the colorimetric and fluorescent responses. This feature was not frequently achieved and could lead to the quantitative and convenient for the end-user. In comparison with recent probes for H2S, the major advantages of Rho-HS included suiting wide pH range (6.0-10.0), relatively rapid response (within 15 min) and the high selectivity among the competing species including the biothiols. With low cytoxicity, Rho-HS was further applied in the biological imaging in living MCF-7 cells and Caenorhabditis elegans. We hope that the designing strategy in this work might provide useful information for more preferable implements in this field.
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- Meng-Ya Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Yu H, Guo Y, Zhu W, Havener K, Zheng X. Recent advances in 1,8-naphthalimide-based small-molecule fluorescent probes for organelles imaging and tracking in living cells. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Recent advances of small-molecule fluorescent probes for detecting biological hydrogen sulfide. Front Chem Sci Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11705-021-2050-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Yang R, Hao Q, Lu Q, Meng F, Niu J, Liu Z, Niu G, Yu X. Fabrication of small-structure red-emissive fluorescent probes for plasma membrane enables quantification of nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio in live cells and tissues. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 249:119338. [PMID: 33360060 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.119338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Revised: 12/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio is one of the vital parameters in diagnosis of cancer by means of hematoxylin-eosin (HE) stained histopathology. However, HE histopathology dependent on mechanical tissue slice damages biosamples and exhibits insufficient accuracy. Herein, we rationally prepared two small-molecule plasma membrane fluorescent probes with red-emitting fluorescence for visualizing plasma membrane in living cells and tissues. Their fluorescence intensities are strongly affected by environmental viscosity, which enables the exclusive imaging of plasma membrane in high fidelity. The probes can visualize plasma membrane in SiHa and rat blood red cells. Particularly, the probes are able to visualize T-tubule (transverse tubule) in skeletal muscle tissues successfully, suggesting their ability to image plasma membrane in tissues. In cooperation with Hoechst 33342, the nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio was successfully qualified in live cells and tissues. We believe these probes may have potential applications in facilitating the study on histopathology and the related areas.
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- Rui Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China; Advanced Medical Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, PR China.
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Recent advances in fluorescent probes for cellular antioxidants: Detection of NADH, hNQO1, H2S, and other redox biomolecules. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Fu YJ, Shen SS, Guo XF, Wang H. A new strategy to improve the water solubility of an organic fluorescent probe using silicon nanodots and fabricate two-photon SiND-ANPA-N3 for visualizing hydrogen sulfide in living cells and onion tissues. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:1422-1431. [DOI: 10.1039/c9tb02237f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A water-soluble fluorescent probe based on SiNDs for H2S detection can be used in both fully aqueous media and living cells.
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- Yu-Jia Fu
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education)
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan 430072
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education)
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan 430072
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education)
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan 430072
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education)
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan 430072
- China
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Bezner BJ, Ryan LS, Lippert AR. Reaction-Based Luminescent Probes for Reactive Sulfur, Oxygen, and Nitrogen Species: Analytical Techniques and Recent Progress. Anal Chem 2019; 92:309-326. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Lazarus LS, Simons CR, Arcidiacono A, Benninghoff AD, Berreau LM. Extracellular vs Intracellular Delivery of CO: Does It Matter for a Stable, Diffusible Gasotransmitter? J Med Chem 2019; 62:9990-9995. [PMID: 31577143 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Carbon monoxide (CO) is a gasotransmitter produced in humans. An essential unanswered question in the design of carbon monoxide releasing molecules (CORMs) is whether the delivery molecule should be localized extra- or intracellularly to produce desired biological effects. Herein we show that extracellular CO release is less toxic and is sufficient to produce an anti-inflammatory effect similar to that of intracellular CO release at nanomolar concentrations. This information is valuable for the design of CORMs.
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- Livia S Lazarus
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry , Utah State University , Logan , Utah 84322-0300 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry , Utah State University , Logan , Utah 84322-0300 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry , Florida State University , Tallahassee , Florida 32306-4390 , United States
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- Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences , Utah State University , Logan , Utah 84322-4815 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry , Utah State University , Logan , Utah 84322-0300 , United States
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Jin X, Zhao S, Wang T, Si L, Liu Y, Zhao C, Zhou H, Leng X, Zhang X. Near-infrared fluorescent probe for selective detection of H2S and its application in living animals. Anal Bioanal Chem 2019; 411:5985-5992. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-019-01973-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Synthesis and Properties of Novel Fluorescence Probe Based on 1,8-Naphthalimide for Detection of Hydrogen Sulfide. Chem Res Chin Univ 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s40242-019-8239-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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